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Leo was born in 1452 Brain Drain Mammal Brains Stroke Memory and the brain Right and Left Brain optical Illusions http://www.vuvox.com/collage/detail/01449b9934 Click Here Go through this VuVoxand add to your KWL chart. STOP! DO THIS NOW!Make a KWL chart about strokes in your journal.Fill in what you know (K) & what you want to know (W) Prior to moving on. A stroke is a stoppage of blood flow to brain: a sudden blockage or rupture of a blood vessel in the brain resulting in, e.g. loss of consciousness, partial loss of movement, or loss of speech. Strokes are the 3rd leading cause of death in America, but 80% of strokes are preventable. http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chvision.html Check out this site to learn what causes optical illusions!Record 3 interesting facts IN YOUR OWN words in your journal. Watch this video and record what you learn on your KWL chart.Jill Taylor Stroke of Insight http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/compare2.html http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/brain/memory.html First read the article from Kids' Health to learn about memory. Then try the memory game. What's going on here? Artist M.C. Escher was a master at creating optical illusions. Use the Kids Discover Brain magazines to read about the differences between our left and right sides of the brain. Make a Venn diagram in your journal comparing the two sides.

Or Got to this site for information When your Venn is complete, visit this site to put your right and left brain to use to solve a crime with a police sketch artist. http://eduweb.com/portfolio/artofcrimedetection/index.html http://www.kidsmemory.com/ http://www.angelfire.com/wi/2brains/ Are you Right or left Brained? Take this Bonus quiz to find out http://similarminds.com/brain.html Go to this website andsee if you can match up different mammal brains.Record one interesting factin your journal. The Brain... Is a.. powerful thing! What can you use your Brain Power For? Sammy's Brain Adventure http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/flash/comic.html Watch the cartoon and create a diagrams and take notes about all the parts of the brain you learn about. http://www.mnh.si.edu/mammals/pages/what/brains.htm Lets examine animal brains some more!Take notes on this interactive. BE SURE TO READ!